The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-29
VIEWS IN FLORIDA.
RAPID GROWTH OF THE CITY
OF GAINESVILLE.

Advice to Truck Farmers-PlanJ Cot
TON and Potatoes - A Flourishing
Group of Small Towns-Rochelle and
It's Statistics - Lake Pithlachocco-
Fine Orchards and Orange Groves
Fertile Section-The Sampson
Orange Grove-Heavy Shipments of
Fruits and Vegetables-Ori and
History of Micanopy-The Oldest In
habttant-Thriving Hawthorne-Veg-
etable Shipments A New Colony,
Etc.
Your correspondent in his last communi-
cation failed to mention brief visit to the
ho1rishing young city of Gainesville, which
is not appropriately styled the ''metropo-
lis of interior Florida" The omission was
due to the fact that twice within little more
than a twelve month has the town with it's
institutions, resources and outlook been
fully portrayed in the columns of the NEWS.
We remark, however, in passing, that des-
mite the dull times and partial failure of the
fruit and field crops Alachua's capital con-
tinues to improve steadily, and
numbers of new buildings, in
GLIDING several stately brick stores,
are in process of erection. True, the cold
has damaged very seriously the tender
vegetables, such as melons, beans, sQuashes,
cucumbers, etc, on the rich farms in the
vicinity. but there is ample time here, as in
avery other portion of the State where the
early gardens have been killed outright, to
retrieve the situation in a great measure by
putting in crops of sea island cotton, corn
Il irrb
zation usually applied to vegetable products,
the same area planted with long cotton will
Weld with favorable seasons at least
ONE BALE PER ACRE.
This would be X, valent to about S75. or
If laid down il corn and potatoes, thirty
bushels of tn corner might be reasonably
counted on. or from $50 to 500 bushels Of
potatoes to the acre. We advise our agri-
cultural friends, therefore, to shake off their
dependency and go to work in the manner
above Indicated and hope for the best.
Surely a recurrence of such abnormal sea-
sons as have afflicted the country for the
past two years can hardly be anticipated
during the present generation Again we
write from the heart of Florida and invite
the readers attention to q
GROUP OF LITTLE TOWNS,
in close proximity to each other, which are
RAPIDLY becoming important fruit and vepe-
table centres. These are Rochelle, Evin-
ston Boardman and Hawthorne, all situated
on the Florida Southern" and old Micano-
py, which is also connected with the same
road by branch eight miles in length.
Rochelle contains two general stores owned
respectively by John McAllister and j. w.
Phifer The latter is postmaster under Mr..
Cleveands appointment. Mr.. c. c. Powell,
the Obliging express agent, also sells fancy
groceries and confectionery.
There are two churches and one school in
the place and about $50 inhabitants. A
healthier and dryer location cannot be found
in the State. Within one and half miles
is the pretty lake Pithlachocco. which in
the Indian dialect means ,''Choked with
Fish That the name is appropriate NAV
be judged from the fact that last week 100
barrels of trout and Dream were shipped
from Rochelle
EVANSTON
is the next station, and is surrounded by
fiourishlng orange groves. Within one
mile of the depot large areas of fertile hum
mock land can be purchased at from $50 to
$50 per acre. Here Judge Means is extern
sively engaged in peach culture. His
orchard embraces forty-five acres and there
Is every prospect of good yield of this de-
Gcous fruit
Hon j. l.. Woolfenden is Mayor of the
town. which claims $50 inhabitants, two
schools, an equal number of churches, and
one large mercantile establishment CON
Quoted by Mr.. c. S. Smith From this point
l0,oO boxes of oranges and &c, 900 crates of
vegetables, mostly beans. cucumbers and
tomatoes, were shipped last season.
On the truck farm of Mr.. H. c. Brown. in
tne vicinity, we saw magnificent prospect
0l oats, fruit and vegetables Mr. A. G.
herteS, VINO lives near by, has -an orange
grove covering eleven acres which averaged
zen boxes OF fruit to the tree. W. P Shet-
ueworth IS one of the largest vegetable
growers in this region. The writer saw him
sell IOO crates of new onions and he has 300
bushels of that odorous esculent ready to be
marketed
r; b. Hester is the efficient railroad agent
~ WINSTON. Moving south only about two
niles we come to
BOARDMAN.
which, though in its infancy. is destined TO
become a great fruit and vegetable mart.
dlere, Ill full view, is located the famous
sampson orange grove and palatial private
residence OF the Opulent proprietor. Close
W also, is the magnificent fruit farm of
;neSSis Duprez d Keith and other flourish
Mg Plantations: The last mentioned three
gentlemen handle about 10000 crates of
oranges we were informed and the ship
1 1a ms or vegetables from this depot exceed
$1,000 bushels
w. H. Smith, stanch friend of the
at Boardman. o. 7N''N' ~ ''0-0
n I our scribe is under many obligations TO
uen. w. ID. b. East, the agent at this place
VI TWO extensive sawmills in the country,
Siiu oWIler OF ten acre orange grove, for a
Pheasant ride through the farms and fruit
Orchards in the vicinity Two or three such
uell as ne, by their push and enterprise,
'oOlo ouild up any community.
mCANoPY,
me Of the Oldest English settlements, next
ruoLehees our attention. 1t is situated
H oi1l an elevated and salubrious ridge eight
IIleS west of the "Florida Southern, y in
sia,.''a county, with which, as stated
buUgte u IS connected by a branch road
I puit mainly by the contributions of the in
sn naii' Fortunately we were permitted
vb s'e t ne oldest citizen, Mr.. james Edwards
nil Ii - ~ years OF age, and still possessed Of
Nm, uis mental faculties He is a native of
cav INSURE, IN the South of England, and
UIa,, - Mlcanopy in January, 1922,
VIII VII tne whole country was an iinbroken
SnlflEess occupied only by the savage
WhiuL The first building, the frame of
- sun stands, was erected by Mr.
ti,,! ule father Of Senator Yulce. At that
I'll ','i t'o sole white resident was AN English
L'SieI VINO pursued his calling with the
e., ''lS A son of Mr. Edwards was the
any Nhlte child ever born IN the village
s+hl ~ himself wall ,d. .,,..,.I l.. -. rf,f